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Title: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: pacman75cricket on March 27, 2011, 08:46:05 PM
Had nets today didn't have a session that productive.

Our coach was away this week so one of the lads who has done coaching course had some of the bowlers bowling short pitched to unsettle me apparently.  As our nets are poor for visibility I did not find my session as great use is this common thing for coaches to do
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: alexrickyponting on March 27, 2011, 08:49:42 PM
dont normally see it, although the one county u17 net i attended there was one net called "fight or flight" where the quicks where bowling short constantly and the batsmen had to either get hit, take it on or duck
looked (No Swearing Please) scary tbh
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: Watsontotty on March 27, 2011, 08:51:11 PM
guess it depends if they feel your perhaps a little weak against the short ball, it wouldnt have been doe for you to enjoy but ask them to do it again and again and you will enjoy it. You don't have to pull or hook just leave in the correct manner and you will enjoy it.
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Post by: 19reading87 on March 27, 2011, 08:51:29 PM
Duckings for girls! Hooking is the way lol ;)
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Post by: Watsontotty on March 27, 2011, 08:58:40 PM
Guess thats why Steve Waugh spent his life ducking and to be fair his record possibly wasn't that great though was it ???
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Post by: roco on March 27, 2011, 09:04:55 PM
He hooked to start with then just decided it was too high risk so stopped
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Post by: 19reading87 on March 27, 2011, 09:06:48 PM
Lol only joking mate. I spent the whole of tonight ducking our quick lol
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Post by: pacman75cricket on March 27, 2011, 09:15:18 PM
It was ok as left most + just played the rest had to duck a couple just didn't feel like the most beneficial session
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: Buzz on March 27, 2011, 09:33:04 PM
Sounds like a total and utter waste of time - this hasn't helped you, it hasn't helped the bowlers (bowling short on wickets in May means an aweful lot of neck strain for the blowlers as the ball gets smashed to all parts.

not a helpful session. Sounds like you handled it well enough though. I have seen batsmen walk out in a huff an leave the bowlers too it in situations like this before
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: jonpinson on March 27, 2011, 09:37:32 PM
Sounds like a prize **** with little (No Swearing Please) syndrome. Wipe it from your memory and move on.
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Post by: roco on March 27, 2011, 09:42:34 PM
Did he join in with the net as next time say you first
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Post by: Damo1583 on March 27, 2011, 09:43:53 PM
Ducking and leaving the ball are as much a skill as every other aspect of batting! use it as a weapon in the psychological battle against the bowlers mate! let them work harder to a) get to you and b) get you out!!!!
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: coverpoint_pro on March 27, 2011, 10:20:12 PM
dont normally see it, although the one county u17 net i attended there was one net called "fight or flight" where the quicks where bowling short constantly and the batsmen had to either get hit, take it on or duck
looked (No Swearing Please) scary tbh

I've done that mate at our county u16 nets, set the bowling machine at short and we had to either take the hit, or dodge, without looking stupid!
I remember having three ball marks on my chest!
Looking back i enjoyed it though ha
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: Colesy on March 27, 2011, 10:57:24 PM
Hate short bowling! Tried it with a bowling machine to see if I can improve against it with little positives. Best thing I've founf is someone stood a few yards away chucking tennis balls at me so I can hook/pull with the correct shape and I'll progress this so I'll get tennis ball bouncers, then proper ones. Seems to work for me....
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: Steny12 on March 28, 2011, 01:12:40 PM
how fast was he bowling?
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: langer17 on March 28, 2011, 01:45:26 PM
I can relate, we train outdoors at night with freshly painted orange balls, which is just a blur when it's coming towards you. One a**hole at my club decides to tell everyone to bowl short at me, which is fine, but I would like to have that proper practice. But what can I do but take it, although towards the end of the season I stopped leaving and ducking and started launching into them so they finally stopped.
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: Steny12 on March 28, 2011, 02:44:18 PM
if you can just start bowling quick back at them haha, No one bowls short really at me because they will know they will get it back but much quicker!
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Post by: uknsaunders on March 28, 2011, 03:26:34 PM
typical net session for us:-

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150124204174480&oid=157123544341436&comments
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150124540424480&oid=157123544341436&comments
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Post by: Ryan on March 28, 2011, 03:38:52 PM
haha he's a fooker that asian guy, he must bowl short at everyone! Did you have a nice bruse Nick?
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Post by: uknsaunders on March 28, 2011, 03:47:42 PM
it was another fat slaphead - Nobby that wore that one. Biggest problem with that lad is he is short and his short ball skids on.
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: Ryan on March 28, 2011, 04:07:01 PM
yeah he's very skiddy, good pace though. be interesting to see if he can move the ball on green wickets
Title: Re: Nets being unsettle?
Post by: uknsaunders on March 28, 2011, 04:17:33 PM
I'd imagine he'd get plenty of wickets with low bounce/LBW not sure he does alot with it. He's a cousin of Ifti, the left armer, from Pakistan.